Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-05-20

But tc tc0S gomez
Boobies stood for moment staring ct tho
place whsrs he had laid it down in tho
6tupefaotion Of intense surprise He had
put Il down jsst there, beside his flask. and
With his g1ovesi He was certain Il it-hs
could positively swear to It
What ~ cath had got the thingl
He reused himself from bis bewilderment,
and turned al his pockets out ran 70 the
hrass-bound revolver case and examined It;
hack to tho table. and tossed everything
that was upon it over and over. Made
Ouio sure, IN fact that pocket book and
bspatch were alike missing, and not to be
found
He felt II was no uae staying there, vast
ing his precious time in ransacking boxes
and turning ont pockets which he had not
touched that day. The colonel must be told
at once; 50, with q mighty effort, Boobies
pulled himself together, and went out with
. sinltne heart to tell the tale Of his own
shame ard dishonor.
1W thus did be, In the agony and distress
q mind which overwhelmed him, designate
ths careleeme9, or tho unsuspiciouness.
which hcd allowed him to trust the honesty
q othH2 de mover for q moment suspected
Young Tom Of beirg the thief, but he did
drink it Just within the bounds Of possibility
that while be had bean bending down over
tho caso Of revolvers, some one had quietly
Gspe in and carried OF the pocket book.
But It came out after q while after
Boobies had got through that terrible inter-
view VII. the colonel-terrible because of
the pain il gave to both Of them-after be
bad given up his sword and his parole of
honor, and then had Passed the night in his
tent alone. lying miserably in his hammock
with his arm flung across his eyes Then it
all came out I How his flask, q handsome
silver thing, with crest and monogram en-
bla1oned upon it. had been found as soon as
morning light broke over the camp, not
twenty yards away from his tent, how
brandy for which his muster had sent him,
then how YOU z Tom was missing aud had
nsver been seen by any one IN the camp
dnce the sen:ry on duty outside tn, ccloneps
tsut had accosted him with '"Eio. young
Cup Il, and what may you be ADDING Off
LAstly-and worst confirmation Of all-how
IL missing pocket book had been found just
eufsids ths most advanced outnossA
Thas could b no further doubt that Tom
Snow was ths delinquent nobody had the
dlightst doubt about it, not even Bottles
himself, thou4h b stoutly declared his be-
kAe in The Lad, and maintunnei that nothing
could make him think young Tom was .
traitor, excspt ths most absolute and posi-
live proof that such was the case. For once
Lazy was absolutely angry with his best
frisnd.
my dssr chap" b said, IN tones which
were distinctly tones Of remonstrance.
though h kisd to make than those Of calm
reasonah11uea, "WhaCer-more pwroof
eo1 yuu want a. have1 Tho boy was sent
to ct your Task Aned with bwrandy; he did
not ct Il Alled with bwrandy CT anything
Glse, but Il b found instead only few yards
from your own tsnt Ths boy ID gone-the
-r-dispatch b gone too. Nobody else in
the whn1D camp b 1 iatng. It b wreally,
Boo04 poe1oly absurd . twEy 10 shield
to Soong WFaseal aay longer. Tho dr.
patch-r-could mot 60 by itsslf-it's ab-
surd-it-er-im't IN Wreason"
Tin reason o. ont Of reason, Idon't and
won't bslisve that tho boy has sold ma.
Boobies asserted obstinatsly.
'Dut b has STOLEN ths dispatch" Lazy
prsistsd
''OA nomsnssl What On earth should h
% VIII u WIN hs had GOT its'
why, hand It ovr to Awrabi, Of course.
What elss should b do with ttr' retortsd
s0A II - nsvsr doue that though some
ons elss may. That II hksly enough" IN.
swsrod BOTTLES carslessly.
Dut Boobies know very wan IN his heart
that Il must have been Tom and NO other
who bed taksn ths pocket book from OF hia
tahae, though - did not for . moment b.
ksvs that IL lad had sold him.
Tho tue solution a tho myytary was that
IL bog, BY listening Outside the oolonels
kHn hnS ~nN0RH{MN - h{n fAna
tho object Of tho mission with which hi,
master had been charged, and with thai
knowlsdee bad also Cleaned very correc,
ides ee II danger which must attend it
that - haA stolen tho dispatch, and va.
now n hiding, with the ignorant idea thai
Il e w9e net there to b taken, his mastel
could not take it That young Tom hai
actually ut az from tbs Scarlet LAncers
camp . carry Tat paper across tie avs
Uil0 q dfAcult and dangerous country
which hy bstwesn The two British camp
was IN idsa which never entered for q mo
msnt into BoctlsS calculations.
But hi opinion was not shared BY any on
Glsa, ct least NO one else hit upon that ides
- solution Of the mystery Of Toms con
duct, and Boobies did mot tell any one wha
b thought; he only stoutly maintained tina
b did not believe, and that be never wouls
believe. short Of positive proof to the con
Eary, that the lad had sold him.
80 that miserable morning dragged II
slow length along. What . long, long do,
Il wasl The entire camp seemed paralyeed b,
ths lo8 a that paper, which bad containe;
instructions for simultaneous attack upo
The city and the rebsl forces on The thir,
day frsm the date Of sending the dispatch
1t was useless to send out . duplicate; 70
not only va the eypher probably alrsad,
IN The hands Of Arab. but the vigilance O
ths rsbels would b great ly increased, an
70 render 1t impossible for . messenger t
pan between the two British camps.
Towards evening, when The shades q
night wsre gathering around, IN attsmp
WAS made to signal to the other camp b
means At electrio hghtA Hitherto thei
triab In this respect had been but disms
failures, and it was - last rssort ttat th
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